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This map shows the track of a tornado on May 3, 1999, in green; and the track of Monday's tornado in red. The similarity of the paths is coincidental, but the larger patterns of storm activity in "Tornado Alley" are due in part to the region's geography.
Do tornadoes follow well-worn tracks? Where do the deadliest twisters hit? Will climate change make such storms worse? Monday's devastating tornado in Oklahoma raises some questions for which scientists have ready answers, and others that could puzzle them for years to come:
Was this tornado a repeat of a famous twister in 1999?
For a time, Monday's storm followed a track that was similar to the path of a tornado with the fastest wind speed ever recorded, 318 mph (512 kilometers per hour), which occurred on May 3, 1999. That twister was one of 74 tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas in less than 21 hours, according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory. The 1999 outbreak of severe weather caused 46 deaths and nearly $1.5 billion in property damage.
The tracks weren't all that similar, however: Monday's tornado took a more southerly route as it moved east. And there's nothing unique about the area's geography to make it a magnet for super-powerful twisters, according to Bob Henson of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.
"If there were geographic features, that would tend to cause multiple tornadoes every few years," the meteorologist and writer told NBC News. "Well, why has this been happening only since 1999?"
The similarity in the tracks of these devastating storms is "a good example for how weather events can be clustered in ways that are striking yet ultimately coincidental," Henson said.
A classic example of this phenomenon, he noted, is Codell, Kan., which was hit by tornadoes on the same day — May 20 — in 1916, 1917, and 1918. The third tornado killed 10 people and destroyed a part of the community. "That's a good illustration of how sometimes things like this can just happen in clusters," he said.
The purple streaks on this map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center stand for tornado tracks from 1950 to 2011. The dark blotches indicate population densities.
But isn't Tornado Alley more prone to deadly twisters?
On a wider scale, the geography of America's midsection makes it more prone to tornadoes than any other region on Earth. The classic explanation is that the Rocky Mountains tend to impede the eastward flow of moist air, while the Great Plains allow frigid air to stream southward from Canada and meet up with warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico. However, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center says this is a "gross oversimplification" for the origin of tornadoes.
Cliff Mass, a weather researcher at the University of Washington, cites an array of factors that include strong vertical instabiliity and a large amount of wind shear during the spring. "It turns out that nearly every geographical and meteorological aspect conducive to severe convection comes together here," Mass wrote in an explanatory blog posting this week.
"Tornado Alley" generally refers to the region centered in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and points north, where tornadoes are most frequent — but multiple studies indicate that the deadliest twisters occur to the east, in a region that's come to be known as "Dixie Alley." The reasons for that have to do with geography and demographics as well as meteorology in the southeastern United States: Storms tend to move faster, and they're more likely to strike at night. There are more trees and other obstructions to raise havoc. Population densities are generally higher, and the region has many manufactured homes that lack basements in which to take shelter.
The United States has the highest incidence of tornadoes, with an average of more than 1,000 every year, according to the National Climatic Data Center. But other regions of the world have twisters as well. Canada is No. 2 with about 100 per year, followed by northern Europe, western Asia, Bangladesh, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, China, South Africa and Argentina. Britain has more tornadoes than any other country, relative to its land area. "Fortunately, most UK tornadoes are relatively weak," the data center says.
Why do these tornadoes seem to be hitting all of a sudden?
After a relatively quiet start to the tornado season, tornadoes have been erupting from Texas to Minnesota over the past week. A cold front advancing to the east appears to be to blame. That pocket of cold air ran into warm air from the Gulf, causing the warm air to rise and spawning powerful thunderstorms. "It's kind of like the perfect setup," Jeff Weber, a scientist with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, told LiveScience.
The earlier calm was due to the fact that jet stream had been dipping farther south than usual for this time of year. That kept the Gulf's warm, moist air from advancing into Tornado Alley early in the tornado season.
Will climate change make tornadoes worse? More frequent?
"The short answer is, we have no idea," Michael Wehner, a climate researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, told NBC News. For years, Wehner has been studying the climate models for extreme weather, and he's a lead author for the next report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as well as the federal government's latest national assessment on climate change.
One problem is that the observational record for tornadoes has not been uniform over time. "It has a bias to it, because more people are living where tornadoes occur, and more people are out looking for them," Wehner said. That contributes to the perception that tornadoes are happening more frequently than they used to.
The other big problem is that current climate models don't have the resolution that's needed to simulate the localized, violent activity of a tornado. Currently, global models are built up from atmospheric interactions on a scale of 100 kilometers (62 miles). Improvements in computer power could soon bring that down to a scale of 25 kilometers (16 miles). That should make it possible for scientists to simulate the weather phenomena that give rise to tornadoes, but not the tornadoes themselves, Wehner said.
On a larger scale, extreme weather events are expected to become more frequent in a warmer world, Wehner said. "The metric that I like to look at is the daily amount of rain for a storm that happens once every 20 years," he said. "That storm, in a much warmer world, would happen more frequently." For example, if the world follows a "business-as-usual" scenario, he projects that the average temperature would rise 11 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) by the end of the century, and that a once-in-20-years rainstorm would come around every five to 10 years on average.
That doesn't necessarily mean tornadoes would be more frequent, however. In fact, the current projection calls for wetter spring weather in the northern U.S., and drier weather in the Southwest — with Tornado Alley right in the middle. "There's some evidence that there might not be a change" in the character of a tornado season, Wehner observed.
Wehner may sound a bit apologetic about the lack of clear answers in the short term, but in the long term, he's optimistic. "The reason I'm optimistic that we can get somewhere on this is that supercomputing technology is driving this very hard," he said. "We're just getting into the sweet spot for these kinds of issues, with the largest mainframes that money can buy."
Update for 1:50 p.m. ET May 24: We've revised the explanation of the factors behind Tornado Alley's susceptibility to twisters, so that it includes a more nuanced view from the University of Washington's Cliff Mass.
More about tornado science:
- Why tornadoes seem as if they're on the rise
- Flash interactive: What causes tornadoes?
- Full coverage of the Oklahoma tornadoes
Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with him by "liking" the NBC News Science Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding him to your Google+ circles.
John Roach is a contributing writer for NBC News. To learn more about him, visit his website.
This story was originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 8:20 PM EDT


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Attorneys for George Zimmerman, charged in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, have requested a delay in his trial currently scheduled to begin in less than three weeks, as text messages come to light that the defense says show Martin had "a propensity towards violence."
By Elizabeth Chuck, Jamie Novogrod, and Tom Winter, NBC News
The defense team for George Zimmerman, the man charged with second-degree murder in the Florida shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, has released a trove of texts and photos from Martin's cell phone — but it's not clear whether they'll be admissible in trial.
The newly released evidence, posted to a website run by Zimmerman's defense team on Thursday, includes texts from Martin where he discusses being suspended from school and smoking marijuana. He also shows an interest in guns in several texts.
This comes just days before a key hearing next Tuesday that will determine the admissibility of certain evidence at the trial.
The 25 photos released by Zimmerman's team include some of Martin that have already circulated widely online, as well as some new ones, including one where Martin shows his gold teeth to the camera while sticking up his middle fingers, and a close-up picture of a gun that the defense says was taken from Martin's camera, although it's not evident from the photo who is holding the gun.
Martin, a black 17-year-old, was shot to death by Zimmerman on Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford, Fla., in a case that set off racial tensions around the country.
Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch volunteer of white and Hispanic descent, has pleaded not guilty, claiming he shot Martin in their gated community after Martin attacked him.
In one of the text conversations, sent 12 days before his death, Martin tells a friend he has been suspended from school for fighting.
"Why you not in school?" a text he receives asks.
"I thought you was going out with ur friend," the reply says.
"Naw my ol g say she dont want me home caus she think ima get in mo trouble," he texts back.
Martin's texts also indicate he may have been curious about guns.
"U gotta gun?" reads a text from Martin's phone, sent on Feb. 18, 2012, to a friend of his who was on the phone with him on the night of the shooting.
"You want a 22 revolver" asks someone in a text he receives that day.
Three days later, Martin mentioned a caliber of gun while asking a friend in another text, "U wanna share a .380 w.[redacted]?"
Other texts released allude to problems Martin was having at home and with authorities.
"My mom just told me i gotta mov wit my dad," says one from Nov. 22, 2011. "She just kickd me out."
Later that day, a text says, "Da police caught me outta skool."
Marijuana references are scattered throughout the texts. Some of the newly released photos show Martin blowing smoke and what appear to be marijuana plants.
Jeff Deen, a former assistant state attorney in Florida and the head of a state agency that represents criminal defendants, said that strict rules having to do with character evidence will likely make Martin's texts and photos inadmissible at trial.
"What does his mom saying he needs to live with his dad for a while say about why he was shot? Nothing," he said. "Generally, reputation evidence is not admissible in court."
But Mark O'Mara, the lead defense attorney for Zimmerman, said he will try to use the new evidence during Zimmerman's trial on June 10.
But an attorney for Martin's family argued that the pretrial evidence release consisted of "irrelevant red herrings."
"Is the defense trying to prove Trayvon deserved to be killed by George Zimmerman because of the way he looked?" Benjamin Crump said in a statement on Thursday.
"If so, this stereotypical and closed-minded thinking is the same mindset that caused George Zimmerman to get out of his car and pursue Trayvon, an unarmed kid who he didn't know. The pretrial release of these irrelevant red herrings is a desperate and pathetic attempt by the defense to pollute and sway the jury pool."
Martin's death spurred a national conversation about guns and Florida's expansive "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law, which allows people to use deadly force if they believe they are in danger of being injured or killed. In April, Zimmerman waived his right to a pre-trial "Stand Your Ground" immunity hearing, guaranteeing his June trial before a jury.
On Thursday evening, Zimmerman's defense team also filed a request for a delay in the trial.
Editor's note: George Zimmerman has sued NBCUniversal for defamation, and the company has strongly denied his allegations.


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I'M THINKING of taking the plunge and finally starting my own personal training business early next year. It's been a long time coming, and most of the time I am sure I can make a good go of it. However, occasionally I get worried that I am throwing away a perfectly good career to follow a dream. Would you have any tips to minimise the risk of failure?
THIS is probably one of the most common questions I get from people who are passionate about starting their own business, especially right now in a tough economic climate. Starting a new business is always risky, especially in a highly competitive environment such as personal fitness. But there are ways to mitigate the risk of failure and they involve planning and research. It may sound simple but it's the most foolproof way to get your business off the ground.
Start by making sure you understand the market you're planning to enter by identifying your competitors. In your industry there are a lot of people like you who go it alone, so be sure to research your competitors and understand who they are, what they provide and how they go to market. Talk to potential customers to help you understand your key competitors' strengths and weaknesses so you can then properly assess the opportunities and the threats that are out there.
You don't have to cast a huge net, but you should do a comprehensive analysis of what's in the area. From there you can start to define your point of difference, which can be anything from a different style of workout to a cool location or classes during off-peak hours. As a new entrant it's a good idea to have something unique to offer.
Once you have a good idea of the market and you have identified your point of difference, you can start writing your business plan. There is plenty of free information on the web to provide guidance for preparing a proper business plan, which should include clearly defined strategies, goals and execution plans. It's not just the numbers; it is also the assumptions that are critical. That is where the research comes in to justify your assumptions and will ultimately help you achieve the financial goals that you establish.
Finally, review your business plan with people who can provide different perspectives. Friends and family members can be great sounding boards, but also talk to independent parties such as accountants and lawyers.
The best business plan is one that's been vetted by both professionals and people who know you personally. Constructive criticism is the key to getting it right, so listen to what people have to say and adapt your approach accordingly. Good luck.
WITH interest rates falling, does it make more sense to pay off my mortgage more quickly or to use the spare money to help grow my landscaping business? We've been going for two years, so we're not turning a huge profit just yet after the costs of buying vehicles and other tools.
THIS depends on how much debt you're holding and how much revenue you're bringing in. Assuming you're tracking well, I'd probably tell you to put your extra money into growing the business so long as the demand is there.
I'm glad to hear that you're thinking logically about your situation. Many people aren't proactive – when they hear that their lender has lowered rates, they often reduce payments accordingly and use the extra money for discretionary spending.
But keeping your repayments at the same level as before the cut can knock a big chunk from your loan and it's a smart strategy for the future. With rates as low as they are now, debt is cheaper than it's been since the GFC, so using the money to reinvest in your business is a good tactic. I hope it pays off for you.
Mark Bouris is executive chairman of wealth management company Yellow Brick Road. His advice here is intended as guidance only.
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Greg has presented work at venues and institutions including EYEO Festival (Minneapolis), the Western Front (Vancouver), DIY Citizenship (Toronto), Medialab-Prado (Madrid) and Postopolis! LA. He is an adjunct instructor in the CCIT program (University of Toronto/Sheridan College) and has taught courses for CSMM (McMaster University) and OCAD University.
Greg has presented work at venues and institutions including EYEO Festival (Minneapolis), the Western Front (Vancouver), DIY Citizenship (Toronto), Medialab-Prado (Madrid) and Postopolis! LA. He is an adjunct instructor in the CCIT program (University of Toronto/Sheridan College) and has taught courses for CSMM (McMaster University) and OCAD University.
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Esther Stocker: Ohne titel (painting) / Tina Frank: Chronomops (video)
The Austrian Abstracts
22.09.-15.10.2006, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
The Austrian Abstracts is an exhibition of 27 Austrian-based artists, collected through their concerns with principles of abstraction while working in a wide range of media, from software to sculpture and painting. The show continues the investigation from the 2003 Abstraction Now at the Künstlerhaus in Vienna, with several of the artists appearing in both.
As the title implies, the Austrian art scene forms a nexus for the show. Even though the participating artists are from different countries, many of them are based in Vienna or have a special connection to Austria. However, the point of the exhibition is not to establish a patriotic position. Rather, it takes as its starting point a renewed interest in abstract art, which could be clearly observed in the Austrian scene of the last 10 years or more.
As the work in the exhibition demonstrates, the new interest in abstraction became evident in work with video and digital media. From the mid-1990's artists like Dextro, Lia, Tina Frank etc. began experimenting with code, creating mostly web-based works that dealt with generative systems. These works became popular with net audiences at the time, and were loosely seen as related to net.art even though they essentially were formal investigations. Gradually these works became recognized as a coherent movement, and many of the artists involved have since expanded beyond the web to work with installations etc.
This movement has been given the de facto title "Austrian Abstracts", deriving from a series of screening programs of digital experimental video that first gathered many of the artists in the current exhibition. Counting Abstraction Now, the show at Arti et Amicitiae is thus the third manifestation ...
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Through constraint and other formal methods, Oumypo (Ouvroir de MySpace Potentielle) seeks to uncover new MySpace structures, patterns and behaviors, which may then be used by MySpacers in any way they please. For example, we have contructed the "F+7″ method: Replace every friend in your top 8 with the friend seven entries after that person in your "My Friends" list. Also, try the "Pimp My MySpace HTML Lipogram" in which you remove the letters H, T, M, L from all HTML codes used in your profile.
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A set of time-based graphs that convey thousands of thumbnails from YouTube movies for specific tags, such as 'joke', 'cat' or 'wedding'. the thumbnails create a kind of "heat signature" which shows the increase in activity in YouTube in the last few months. vertically, the thumbnails are positioned by the hour of the day they were uploaded, & horizontally by the day of the year.
see also flickr tag graph. & Yahoo taglines & flickr image blending.
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A set of automated graphical, artistic depictions based on real spam email messages. The online system analyzes spam emails and follow the websites links inside them. It then grabs the colors and images from those websites and displays the country the spam originated from in the resulting image alongside other data.
see also spam flowers & spam grafitti & email erosion.
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The greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) is the larger of the two horseshoe bats found in Britain. They are so-named from the horseshoe shaped nose 'leaf', used as part of the bat's echolocation system. The ears are leaf-shaped and have a sharply pointed tip. The fur is thick, and coloured ash-grey above, and buff underneath. Bats are not blind as was once popularly thought. They have good eyesight but rely on their echolocation to navigate and to detect their insect prey. They emit a succession of high-pitched squeaks and judge their position and the location of their prey from the reflected echoes.
Greater horseshoe bats often roost in buildings during the summer, and their presence can be detected by piles of excrement on the ground. They leave their roosts just after sunset, and during the summer, spend about an hour feeding before returning. They often feed again just before dawn. At the end of August they stay on the wing all night. Greater horseshoe bats mate in autumn, sometimes in late winter or early spring. They form maternity roosts in May and the young are born in mid-July. This species reaches maturity at around three years old and they may live for 30 years. Their preferred food is large beetles, such as cockchafers and dung beetles, large moths and caddis flies. They have been observed watching from a regular roost and then flying out to take passing insects. Greater horseshoe bats hibernate in caves, cellars or disused mines, from late September to mid-May. They may emerge to feed during mild spells.
The greater horseshoe bat is found in central and southern Europe but has declined significantly in northern Europe. In the UK it is restricted to southern England and South Wales.
The greater horseshoe bat prefers traditionally managed farmland, with grazing pasture and broad-leaved woodland.
The greater horseshoe bat is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1). It is classified as Endangered in the UK, listed under Appendix II of the Bonn Convention, Appendix II of the Berne Convention, Annexes II and IV of the EC Habitats Directive, Schedule 2 of the Conservation Regulations 1994 and protected in the UK under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (as amended).
The greater horseshoe bat has declined by over 90 percent in numbers during the last 100 years. This is due largely to habitat loss, caused by modern intensive farming methods. The destruction of woods, roosting sites, old pastureland, and the use of chemical insecticides, which have seriously reduced the abundance of their insect prey, have all contributed to this decline.
This species is listed in the UK Biodiversity Action Plans (UKBAPs), and has been included in English Nature's Species Recovery Programme. It belongs to a family of animals that have been much maligned over the centuries. However, more people are realising just how fascinating bats are, and they receive a high level of legal protection. The main effort in their conservation is to encourage landowners and farmers to manage their land in ways that benefit the bats. They are also being asked to limit the use of ivermectin insecticides, commonly used for treating cattle. The chemical in the insecticide also poisons the cattle's dung, and kills the larvae of dung beetles, one of the greater horseshoe bat's principal foods. As more people learn about bats, it is hoped that the efforts to conserve them as a breeding species will gain more support. They are an intriguing group of mammals, and undeserving of their sinister reputation. The Bat Conservation Trust carries out work on surveys and monitoring, and employs many volunteers.
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I honestly don't care if you do or don't want to pay taxes (well, I do care, but that is not important to this discussion); what I am looking for is your willingness to write to your public officials, in your own writing and to your own elected representatives, demanding of them clear unequivocal responses to this issue.
I know about all the reasons you'd say this is a waste of my time to do this — they won't listen, etc. etc. Well, it's about time they bloody well started listening. Because I am not going to silently tolerate their crass behavior any longer. That's right, this weird little wildman philosopher in me is being placed on the side for the time being, because it's time to at least signify our disapproval of the lies, for goodness' sake. Truly.
We can, using civil, peaceful language, explain why we have lost faith in the elected leaders, what non-violent, honest, transparent, peaceful and optimistic plans we hope for the world. If they attempt to demonize such reasonable behavior, they will expose themselves as the extremist terrorists they really are and which they accuse all good, peace-loving people on this planet now of being for boycotting and peacefully resisting imperial hegemony.
If you are really with Simon and myself, and I mean really agreeing with the problem that the vast mass-produced lies represent, I would ask you now as members of the forum to (metaphorically) get up out of your chair, draw up a piece of paper and (non-metaphorically but very really) write a message — any sort of length, and in your own attitude — to your so-called "official" not granting them any sort of authority but claiming your own in simply demanding a response to the critical question of how they can allow, permit and sanction any sort of widescale TV fakery and propaganda of the nature we have soundly exposed.
It is perhaps naive of me to call you to do so, and I thoroughly understand your peace-loving nature. I really do. But I ask you only to try. And I expect if we get these things to the right "Departments", we are bound to start receiving responses. Anything that at least addresses the issues in question: the hoaxes of nuclear weapons, the JFK assassination, NASA and the specter of "Islamic Terrorism". These are all hoaxes. We know them to be hoaxes. We cannot conscionably go on with our lives pretending it's okay that our "leaders" are willingly lying to everyone about these matters.
Now, this isn't new. Simon and I have written to various newspapers and organizations, we have met with people demanding answers, but without so much as a peep from officials, it is getting too much to go on sitting on our arses or behinds or derriers or whatever word you would use to dress up laziness as "wise non-participation". You don't have to give power to a State to make it publicly known what you take issue with. So, if you please, let's not cower. Let's just write in clear language what is wrong and what we demand responses about. If we receive no responses, we can gain confidence that we can continue publishing our thoughts and that we can bring this up with everyone in very plain language.
I've asked other Fakeologists to get on board with me about this matter and we talked about it around September 11th of last year, and many agreed though (due to our usual habits of careful avoidance of drama) nobody went through with anything. In particular, the idea of asking our elected leaders their stance on the matter of the numerous hoaxes we are exposing came up, but after some thought this morning I decided I needed to cut right to the chase and ask how the IRS can remain oblivious to the anti-democratic stance of the government's and NASA's deceits. Here is what I wrote (scanned the actual letter which I then stapled and mailed to the Department of the Treasury) in full:
After this is resolved (or many months go by of them avoiding the questions, as NARA practically did in my quest for the 9/11 flight manifests) I will begin to write elected officials.
If you would like to issue your own letters to the government regarding these matters and asking them to come clean, please feel free to sample/modify/edit/move/etc. any of my letter, the transcript of which I have pasted below. It may only be symbolic of a terrified base of elected leaders who are too obedient to their real masters, but I think it's time we showed them who their real masters really are — the citizens and the public.
Fellow Americans and other people which deviant States have claimed as their "citizens", I am being serious now. Will you, if you please, unite with me in a call for our so-called officials to start acting like they claim? Can we have them own up to and address these issues now? The time has come. I already said that, but I think it's true. Let's begin mailing letters — via normal mail, certified mail, whatever we need to do — and demand written responses that we can publish.To the IRS and the Department of the Treasury,
Please copy/forward to whom this concerns. Absent any particular direct mailing address, I am sending this important information to you where the 1040-EZ is filed when no payment is enclosed and no particular State needs to be involved (the "International" address listed at IRS.gov) but if this address is incorrect, please let me know the correct address to send this complaint. Here is the address I am using.
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Austin, TX 73301-0215
If I do not receive a mailed response letter, I will assume I did not mail this to the right address, and I will need a proper address to keep sending my inquiries. This letter serves as my statement of concern, inquiry and demand for your accountability in the matters of:
1. The IRS distributing funds to terrorist organizations
2. The IRS distributing funds to the organizations responsible for hoaxing and lying to the American public and to the world regarding how taxpayer funds are being used.
I am sure that you agree no citizen should ever be forced to pay for the destruction of their own government from within that government, by a conspiracy of action or of silence, and particularly under the guise of the only way for that citizen to legally fund and aid said government. To put it bluntly, it should be very clear by now that a parasite within our government is siphoning off tax dollars to a shadow organization that has no respect, love or regard for American freedoms let alone basic human rights — rights, which are guaranteed by the sanctity of life and certainly at least advocated by our own Constitution. The parasite also has some amount of command over the attitudes of traitors within the government and has convinced them that their (illegitimate) authority comes from the tax dollars they have stolen from the Treasury by lying to the American public about how those funds are to be used.
Presently, American taxpayer funds are being used to abrade the people's government's authority and supplant it with a series of propaganda stories that are said to be "proven" with false documentation, false video, lies, deceit and willing mercenaries for a psychological terrorism conducted on American soil, by people both with and without their knowledge, through the psychological exploitation of human imagination, and relying on their vast control of it in order to induce psychological patterns that make the effected population inoculated against truth.
That propaganda and the proof of the lies therewith include:
The false story of Nuclear Weapons blowing up Hiroshima is awash with propaganda. Nuclear Weapons are constantly said to exist, glimpsed with propaganda footage, but never revealed as an actual threat. While extensive bombing did take place in Japan, and scarcely a citizen from either the United States or Japan will deny that fact, the evidence of nuclear weapon blasts is fabricated entirely in photo laboratories. The research of recent decades by Dave McGowan and others has revealed the Lookout Mountain military animation community of Laurel Canyon, where every single nuclear weapon explosion is the result of photo manipulation and animation, aided by the skills of a tradition of Walt Disney/CalArts-style trained animators taught to manipulate the truth in secret. The public deserves a truthful explanation for once, regarding why extensive lying is taking place about the existence of fictional or fictionalized weapons, the full involvement of Walt Disney with government services, who might have persuaded Disney to conceal such an evil purpose from an audience that held him as a beloved protector of hope and optimism, and why. Why were American citizens and the world told to not just fear but dread and hate the United States government and the Russian government among others said to command an impossibly destructive weapon? Why was the world told to fear magical annihilation for so long? Why are we still being encouraged to fear intercontinental space-traveling magic missiles?
Rather on subject, NASA is a huge front and/or money laundering service for the Black Ops responsible for military propaganda like nuclear weapons. Rocketdyne whistle blower Bill Kaysing revealed the Apollo boondoggle. But even the so-called importance of "satellites" is shown to be mixed up in this propaganda campaign by the fabrication of unproven orbital dynamics. Rocketry science was largely fictionalized by a military study/operation on the public's credulity, which clearly developed out of some fearful military intelligence relationships fostered in particular during the Great War and then World War II. Basic trickery and circular logic has fooled academic science, but scientists can show "space exploration" technology is presently nothing but maths made of hot air, even in the laboratory, where vacuum is extremely difficult to manipulate objects within (let alone maintain). The drive to win arms races, the adoption of Nazi and Zionist scientists and fanatics and integration of their twisted morales into our nation's official stances on enlightenment science and developing sciences, their invention of a "Cold War" — all of this seems to have led to the creation of the OSS, NACA and then NASA, its fake "Earth from space" photos, with its further propaganda relationship to the criminal terrorist groups within our military and media. The further exploitation and subjugation of American optimism from ideals of life, peace, freedom and cooperation into the elitism, brooding and cynicism of a scientific dark age that resists and shames inquiry would make the founding fathers ill to their stomach and call for another revolution. It seems to be allied with Zionist/Nazi/Jesuit/Masonic kinds of pseudo-mystical power groups that thrive on mesmerism/hypnotism and/or the control of human imagination, though it clearly has a fanatical obsession with numbers and symbols in order to give themselves some fantastical justification for their exploitation and abuse of people. This group must be identified and removed from power. They are criminally insane, pathologically addicted liars that have no business in government or any position of responsibility whatsoever.
The destruction of the President of the United States in 1963, with the alleged assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy "caught on tape" is a photo-doctored lie. The evidence is plain. It's undeniable that the video is a fabrication and there is no telling how deep the fabrication really goes. The assassination of agent Lee Oswald also appears to be staged. Therefore, the American public has not had a proper investigation into the Kennedy family, its involvement with various criminal groups that they would collaborate with or be betrayed by, the Kennedy's enemies, the French Jewish Mafia rumored to have been responsible, nor these figures' relationships to the executive office that the prominent figure of President Kennedy swore to uphold. Now we don't know if he died upholding it or if he betrayed the people because traitorous intelligence groups covered up his disappearance from the world stage. The answer to this question, or even looking at it, will reveal crucial collaborators of the terrorist group, including the direct relationship of the Prescott/Bush family that produced two later Presidents (and the overseers of the 9/11 and Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction lies). JFK also oversaw the NASA program we know is a massive scam, lie and suck of tax dollars today. It seems this campaign has been a success for the traitors, because the budget for Black Ops organizations seems to have attracted corporate interests (Boeing, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, Honeywell, the airline corporations, the private entities running airports, the entirety of the news media and "entertainment" industry and even its panned competitors in so-called "alternative" media) who now work with this traitorous government to develop more and more psychological military operations for the terrorists.
Corporations are not voting people. These corporations claim to be voting entities, to have the rights of people, to be protected by the Constitution moreso than human life itself. They now seem completely fascinated and entranced with the idea of supplanting our American Republic for a corporate technofascism ruled by the greediest corporations of the world, who care only for lining their own pockets at the expense of human rights, the world's freedoms, peace, exploration and experience of its own natural cultures and civilizations — all of these things supplanted by a cynical and violent group that the traitorous faction allowed to grow from within the intelligence groups that the IRS has the power to starve now before it grows even more powerful. Knowing how many corporations themselves keep double books and resent your organization doesn't give you a clue? You should be targeting them first rather than average citizens under their heel and pressured to vote for candidates they pick.
The story of 9/11 is a total fabrication that has never been investigated let alone "properly investigated". It simply has gone un-investigated by the government due to the assumption that the 9/11 Commission Report was operated by anyone less than the conspirators responsible for this shift in culture within the government. Why has the PNAC group (which called for a "new Pearl Harbor" in order to make the public bloodthirsty for their own political ends) gone unnoticed? The staging of 9/11 by agents within our government is clear, but I have proven with my own FOIA inquiry into NARA's 9/11 files that the four planes said to have been flown by terrorists and crashed into symbolic locations never flew, if they existed at all. The "nose out" shot that Fox news erased from their original archives proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the airplanes were CGI creations. The passenger lists were fabricated and cited through mere conversations between conspirators, and were not ever shown by the 9/11 Commission Report to be from any true flight manifest; in addition, 9|11|9: The Vicsim Report shows ample evidence that the list of supposed victims is the artificial creation of an intelligence organization with command of CNN's output. CNN employees (like all TV news) are associated with the CIA. IBM Federal, Oracle/Sun Microsystems, Rockwell Collins and other computer systems specializing in information processing and cryptography are associated with intelligence agency data management that protect the criminal intelligence operation and fabricate military simulation. The developments of simulated victims, simulated people, augmented reality computer technology and other simulation technologies in the hands of military contractors are all being used to fabricate bombings and foiled bombings. International terrorism is now a very confused story of false responsibility put on average citizens to fear and hate one another and to permit government policy of destroying transparency and protecting the private interests of the propagandists. We are told there is "an increased need for security" to protect against "Islamic terrorists", but each of the so-called al Qaeda and IS/ISIS/ISIL stories now being crafted are done with the same signatures of fabrication. The modern myth of terrorism is a staged and acted psychological operation. All these things considered, the public has reason to believe that the IRS is funding a terrorist organization operating within the United States under the guise and unwitting protection of the government, in the form of some branch or order within its military, its conscripted servicemen who may be unwittingly working for the traitorous faction due to their patriotic dedication to their country, as well as government contracted employees within the entirely criminal enterprise of NASA and the Aerospace industry in general. In 2014, as you should no doubt be aware, the White House issued a revealing tax "receipt" as found here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/2014-taxreceipt
NASA is not "underfunded". It is overfunded. Contrary to Penny4NASA.org's claim with a Neil deGrasse Tyson quote from the 2012 Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that NASA's budget is half a penny for our tax dollar, this receipt clearly shows NASA gets more than 1% of our tax dollars and/or did so as recently as 2014. 1% of many millions and billions of dollars is far too much money to feed the technofascist traitors to humanity. Since NASA is undoubtedly lying to the American public about its accomplishments in science and in space, and deceiving by way of omission of fact wherever and whenever possible, and by computer-generated doctored and falsified videos they claim is "proof" of their accomplishments, NASA can be seen as one of the main players in the traitorous network. Nobody should pay a single cent, let alone percent, to NASA until its organization and associates like Richard Branson and Elon Musk are fully exposed, investigated and publicly tried in a criminal court of law that learns from the past and does not involve any of the people connected with the false investigations of JFK, of 9/11 or any other staged, falsified public show. The IRS need not give any money to NASA or its collaborators. It may be like going after a kind of Mafia for the IRS to demand accountability of Congress, but it will show the world we are not just an extension of some Zionist, Papal or other authority that would tax us without representation. It will inspire the world that the ideals of freedom are not obsolete, that peace is not outmoded by cynical power-mongering extremists within our military. The public exposure of NASA, if no other hoax like the Nuclear/Atomic Weapon scare or 9/11, will reveal the global network's players both within and without a finely designed country as the United States of America, and restore American[s] to glory and greatness. [I became aware of this typo after mailing the letter. I don't think it injures my message too badly. -HP]
Given the extreme digital power of the FBI, CIA, NSA, DIA and other intelligence groups ostensibly working to protect democracy to spy on the American public, and each other, there is no doubt that agents within those organizations know of all this. It's also clear that some of these people have no regard for the truth, for public decency, for any sort of proper religious values (especially about treating others the way they would want to be treated — a nearly universal trait of beliefs in higher powers the world over) and the good agents in those organizations are being overpowered by a criminal class within those organizations. In short, agents within these organizations know exactly who is responsible and by colluding with them and not revealing this information to the public, nor even offering some kind of unequivocal direct and non-subconscious warning, public service announcement or "wake up call" through the intelligence agencies' control of the news media, or foiling such practices before they can happen, they are part and parcel of the guilty terrorist group within our government.
Being this is the case, those organizations need a total and complete overhaul as requested by the Treasury, which has the power to financially starve the terrorist groups within those organizations. You should prepare complaints to prospectives Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein and anyone else hoping for the executive office and ask their response. A fully public investigation must begin immediately, and it must be done in such a way that vets for the most optimistic, honest, loyal, practical and worthy agents of humanity to reinvent our intelligence organizations in the interest of restoring and improving the world's ideals, hope and collaboration with all nations and peoples around the world. It cannot be done by saying these agents are 3/5 of a person if they have dark skin, or less than a person if they do not formally organize a Statist government or do not use a private fiat currency, or less valuable to life if they are not male, or don't belong to the human race if they contribute to a spectrum of sexual, Religious and other differences.
I expect an update to this matter as soon as possible. Without a clear, direct addressing and discussion of this particular drainage of public funds into an infested cowardly mob, using humanity's ideals to destroy democracy — without discussion between the public and their officers bought/bribed by the cabal — the very basis of funding the entire government is thrown into question. Some portion of the military is certainly being used for these ill gains. There should be a warning from the IRS to the intelligence groups, there should be some kind of announcement, apology and statement made on behalf of the victims of psychological terrorism (the American public and innocent people around the world subjected to the technofascist terrorist propaganda) for the psychological operations of Atomic/Nuclear Weapons, NASA, 9/11, the Cold War, and any other lie and deception connected to this fundamentalist extremist group, (such as the profiteering on falsified disease/syndromes, the war against organic natural crops, the perpetuation of genocide through ZDV/AZT and so on).
If this cannot be accomplished I deserve — as a taxpaying citizen of the United States — an answer to why I should be asked to betray my government by giving money to a terrorist organization within the government itself, and why the IRS should continue to knowingly fund terrorism by claiming earnings of the American citizenry. If you are an intelligent person, you already know all of this merits your attention and address. If you need easy reference to most proofs of these claims, there are links to ample evidence of everything I have mentioned, published for free in the public interest, at the web address: http://www.cluesforum.info
We can show the world that our leaders who don't address these issues are the puppets and fools they act like. And, with any luck, we can create a space for those with information or suspicions to at least give voice to their doubts. I am optimistic that this is the right course of action, now, but if you have a serious critique (besides your own general unwillingness to do things) please post your criticism now and let me know why you will not even consider this course of action.
Thank you.


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Roland Emmerich Says Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman Will Return for 'Independence Day 2'
I was lucky enough to moderate a great Q&A with White House Down director Roland Emmerich this evening at the Apple Store in SoHo, NYC, and Independence Day addicts out there (myself one of them) might want to pay attention to the rest of this post. We both spoke very highly of Independence Day during the 40-minute conversation (listen to the whole thing right here), and it didn't take too long before Independence Day 2 came up. Emmerich told me he's always been interested in returning to both Independence Day and Stargate (I have a feeling that'll come next) -- both of these in addition to producing a Lawrence of Arabia show for television -- now that technology has come a long way in the last two decades.
Previously Emmerich has said that half of the cast of Independence Day 2 will be made up of returning characters, while the other half is new. Earlier today it was reported that Will Smith is a little too expensive and too big a star to get back for part two (comments Emmerich reiterated tonight), though he elaborated a bit and said he still hasn't presented Smith with the final product and hopes he can get him for a cameo to "pass the torch," so to speak.
When I pressed him on who those returning characters are, he said Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman are on board so far. In the original Goldblum played the nerdy scientist heartthrob whose shticky relationship with his father (Judd Hirsch) provided some of the film's greatest moments. Pullman played the badass president of the United States who took to the skies to defend his country against the invading aliens (he also gave us one of the most spirited and patriotic of all movie speeches). No word on how either man factors into the plot of the sequel, which Emmerich has said is "unusual."
Independence Day 2 is due out on July 3, 2015, while the very fun and exciting White House Down hits theaters this weekend.
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Johnny Schmitz passed away last Saturday in Wausau, Wisconsin. Schmitz pitched two years for Brooklyn.
From Wausau Daily Herald {linked here}
Wausau native Johnny Schmitz, a former All-Star pitcher who faced Hall of Fame baseball legends such as Ted Williams, has died in Wausau at age 90.
Schmitz, who debuted with the Chicago Cubs, spent eight seasons in Chicago before shuffling around the major leagues. He went on to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles.
Known also as "Bear Tracks," because he had large feet and seemed to shuffle to the mound, Schmitz tallied 93 wins and 114 losses in 235 starts. He finished his career with a 3.55 earned run average, according to the Baseball Almanac. Schmitz, who died Saturday, also pitched 86 complete games.During his All-Star 1948 season, Schmitz had an 18-13 record with a 2.64 ERA and 18 complete games, according to the Baseball Almanac.
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The Best Fans In Sports
When I started this site, I wasn't sure what to expect. I knew the things I wanted to say and write about, but I had no idea who on earth would read my drivel or what their reaction would be. One of my friends that helped convince me to do it had blogged on other subjects. He warned me of the trolls that lurk about just trying to find some mistake you've made so they can rip your head off.
I've always maintained that, for the most part, IndyCar fans are a very pleasant bunch. I've especially found that to be true among those that read the IndyCar blogs. They are some of the friendliest, most open people I've come across. That goes for whatever age, income bracket or any other demographic you want to bring up. Perhaps it's because we recognize that this was such a niche sport when we started that we figured we were all in this together.
I've spoken to bloggers that cover other sports like the NFL, the NBA or college sports. They will tell you that the field they blog in is cutthroat and all the bloggers hate each other and their readers can be relentless. Maybe that's why my friend warned me about potentially getting my head ripped off.
Two and a half years later, I can honestly say that I've encountered very little of that. Instead, I've made acquaintances of race fans all over this country and in other parts of the world. I was careful to use the word acquaintance, because I feel a little uncomfortable calling someone a friend if the chances are good that you'll never ever meet them. The word "friend" is not a word that I use lightly and reserve it for those few that have experienced you at your highest and lowest, yet would still do anything for you unconditionally and you would likewise.
Still, when I use the term acquaintance – that's pretty high in my book. I'm proud to say I've met a lot of good acquaintances throughout the blogosphere. Rather than starting to name a bunch of them and then run the risk of inadvertently leaving someone out, I'm going to focus on just one. For privacy sake, I'll just call them Donald & Laurie from Montana.
I've never met these good folks, nor have we ever spoken by phone. Chances are, we never will. But last spring during my favorite time of year, the month of May, I got an e-mail from Donald. He noted that he knew I was a huge Roger Penske fan and he had found something stashed away in a drawer that he wanted to send me. I figured it was an old Penske hat or a faded picture of Danny Sullivan, but still I appreciated the thought.
Well, when it came – what a surprise! It was an issue of the old IndyCar Racing Magazine that went away about ten years ago. Old-timers like me will remember that it was the homespun magazine produced by New Wicker out of Milwaukee. But this wasn't just any issue of ICR Magazine; this was a near-mint condition copy of the October 1983 edition – the premier issue!
Who does this? IndyCar fans, that's who. Had I been a blogger that followed Tennessee Volunteer football, do you think a Vols fan would have offered up a collectable such as this? Hardly.
I'll have to throw a shout-out to my fellow IndyCar bloggers also. When I started blogging, I figured that other IndyCar bloggers considered each other to be competitors. I quickly found out how wrong I was. I found the whole bunch to be extremely helpful and many went out of their way to help me get started. People like Bill Zahren (Pressdog), Jeff Iannucci (My Name Is IRL & One Lap Down) and the infamous Roy Hobbson all offered unsolicited help – and I had never met any of them. Perhaps it's because we all realize that this is such a niche sport that we're all in this together. People refer to it as the IndyCar blogging community, and it really is.
Hearing what bloggers in other sports have to say about their fans and readers have made me glad I have chosen the IZOD IndyCar Series to write about. Other sports may be able to claim more fans, but I'm willing to say that no other sport can boast that their fan base is more devoted, more fervent or more loyal than IndyCar racing.
Although we are now closing in on October and Donald sent me my gift in May, I hope it's not considered too late to offer up a public Thank You. I enjoy writing these posts and it's been enjoyable watching this thing continue to grow. I haven't hit the burn-out stage, not yet anyway – so I plan to continue to do this a little longer. Besides, it's easy to stay motivated when you get to interact with people like Donald & Laurie from Montana.
George Phillips
10 Responses to "The Best Fans In Sports"
What a great and thoughtful gift, quite a nice piece of memorabilia…
1983, that was quite a year, not only was CART steaming along nicely, but is also the year that my daughter was born…
What a wonderful gift! Congrats!
As for IndyCar fans, they're the same as anyone, I suppose, only moreso. 🙂 There are those who can never find the pleasant side of anything, and there are those that just make you happy to know them and be an IndyCar fan. It's all in who you choose to listen to that makes the difference!
I greatly enjoyed IndyCar Racing magazine and was greatly disappointed to see it discontinue. As for your blog George, it is people like you and Pressdog that help me gain greater connection and insight into the sport, and help make up for the absence of a magazine devoted to IndyCar. I hope you do not "burn out" anytime soon!
My thoughts exactly.
Read a Robin Miller Mail bag or Cavin's daily QA and I'm not sure how you could say that IndyCar fans aren't a bunch of whiners. Too many foriegners, too many road courses, not enough passing, too few ovals, bring back the apron, shut up dario, shut up danica, fire barnhardt, etc. Yes they can be nice of course. But they aren't mutually exclusive. The host of this site complains all the time (it is still my favorite blog-free history lessons and makes some good points to ponder). Is anyone happy with the product? Seems to me that fans are not. I went to Mid-Ohio and loved every minute of it. maybe I'm to easy to please. I'm a life long fan of Ohio State football. Trust me, my fan base whines a lot. But not this much. Relax IndyCar nation and enjoy the ride.
And yes I see the irony in me whining about whining.
I will say this about Indy fans, I have made some of the most fabulous and enduring friendships through my love of the sport. I will add that the internet has opened this up for me and has shown, proof positive, that the internet can be and is a most awesome experience.
This is a joke isnt it. Indy car fans are probably the most disfunctional fans on the planet.


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This lightweight, highly advanced, 6-speed Manual Transmission3 contributes to XF's outstanding efficiency. Its aluminium alloy casing, hollow shafts and pocketed gears save every gram of weight possible – making this unit the lightest in its class. Specifically designed for the performance requirements of sports cars – it delivers slick, short changes and superb levels of comfort.
The vehicles shown in the filmed content on this website may not be exact representations of recent upgrades and enhancements. Please refer to your local Jaguar Retailer for the latest specifications.
XF offers Jaguar's unique All Wheel Drive with Intelligent Driveline Dynamics (IDD)1 and Adaptive Surface Response (AdSR)4 on petrol and diesel models. Exclusively developed by Jaguar, the unique IDD software features sophisticated algorithms to react intelligently to road conditions. Predictive, as well as reactive, the system helps prevent you from losing traction instead of working to regain it. Adding to XF's capability, the AdSR system can work at all engine speeds, automatically recognising differences between surfaces to exploit the maximum available grip.
Unique to this class of car, Jaguar's All Surface Progress Control (ASPC)5 gives you added confidence in slippery conditions – whether starting from a snowy driveway, driving on an icy incline, or even towing on wet grass. ASPC is a low-speed cruise control that helps XF overcome low traction situations, whatever the weather, allowing you to concentrate on steering.
Inspired by the F-TYPE sports car, the optional Configurable Dynamics6 system allows you to set up XF's dynamics for throttle mapping, gearbox shift points and steering to suit your performance driving needs. It's activated when Dynamic Mode is selected in JaguarDrive Control. Dynamic Mode enlivens XF's sporting character, sharpening throttle response, increasing steering weighting and performing gearshifts more quickly and at higher engine speeds. When optional Adaptive Dynamics is fitted, you can make your setting even more personal by configuring the damper settings.
Whether you're accelerating on the motorway, cornering on country roads or navigating around town, Adaptive Dynamics6 modifies XF's response to match the conditions and your driving style. The system constantly adjusts the dampers to provide the optimum balance between poise and comfort at all times.
XF's Electric Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) offers outstanding feedback, control and immediate power assistance. Allowing sophisticated computer management to adapt the levels of steering support, EPAS finely calibrates the amount of power assistance for every bend and manoeuvre. EPAS also works in conjunction with the car's other assistance features, including Lane Keep Assist (LKA), and Park Assist7, to offer heightened safety and increase driver convenience.
The vehicles shown in the filmed content on this website may not be exact representations of recent upgrades and enhancements. Please refer to your local Jaguar Retailer for the latest specifications.
JaguarDrive Control allows you to select Standard, Eco, Dynamic or Rain/Ice/Snow Mode, each subtly changing the steering, throttle response and gearbox shift points. Eco Mode encourages fuel-efficient driving while Dynamic Mode increases throttle sensitivity, holds gears for longer and increases steering weighting. By selecting Rain/Ice/Snow Mode, the system automatically dampens acceleration and applies more gradual traction for slippery conditions.
Jaguar's contemporary award-winning design, advanced driving dynamics and state-of-the-art in-car infotainment set XF apart from the competition. Use our configurator to create your perfect XF.
1Market dependent.
2Standard on XF Sportbrake. Not available on XF Saloon.
3Available on 2.0 litre 4-cylinder 163PS and 2.0 litre 4-cylinder 180PS Turbocharged Ingenium Diesel engines. Manual transmission is not available on the 2.0 litre 4-cylinder 180PS Turbocharged Ingenium Diesel engine with XF Sportbrake.
4AdSR is optional on All Wheel Drive vehicles fitted with Adaptive Dynamics.
5Automatic transmission only.
6Optional with all engines excluding the 2.0 litre 4-cylinder 163PS Diesel. Standard on XF S.
7Optional feature. Requires 360° Parking Aid to be fitted.
‡All figures are manufacturer's targets and subject to final confirmation ahead of production. Note that CO2 and fuel economy figures can vary according to wheel fitment, and the lowest figures may not be achievable with the standard wheels.


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1. Vanessa Place —The High Creator does not create.
2. Kenneth Goldsmith —Death to the "creative" once and for all.
3. Simon Armitage —Best known for 9/11 poem, wins Oxford Poetry Professorship
4. A.E. Stallings —Lost the Oxford. World is still waiting for a good New Formalist poet.
5. John Ashbery —Doesn't need to be good. Unlike New Formalists, his content and form agree.
6. Marjorie Perloff —Must confront this question: is the "non-creative" nearly racist by default?
7. Ron Silliman —Keeps tabs on the dying. Burned by the Avant Racism scandal.
8. Stephen Burt —Stephanie goes to Harvard.
9. Rita Dove —We asked her about Perloff; she laughed. No intellectual pretense.
10. Claudia Rankine —Social confrontation as life and death.
11. Juan Felipe Herrera —New U.S. Poet Laureate. MFA from Iowa. Farm workers' son.
12. William Logan —"Shakespeare, Pope, Milton by fifth grade." In the Times. He's trying.
13. Patricia Lockwood —"Rape Joke" went Awl viral.
14. Lawrence Ferlinghetti —At 96, last living Beat.
15. Richard Wilbur —At 94, last living Old Formalist.
16. Don Share —Fuddy-duddy or cutting edge? It's impossible to tell with Poetry.
17. Valerie Macon —Good poet. Hounded from NC Laureate job for lacking creds.
18. Helen Vendler —New book of essays a New Critical tour de force. Besotted with Ashbery and Graham.
19. Cathy Park Hong —Fighting the racist Avant Garde.
20. David Lehman —As the splintering continues, his BAP seems less and less important.
21. Billy Collins —His gentle historical satire is rhetoric nicely fitted to free verse.
22. David Orr —Common sense critic at the Times.
23. Frank Bidart —Student of Lowell and Bishop, worked with James Franco. Drama. Confessionalism.
24. Kevin Coval —Co-editor of Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop.
25. Philip Nikolayev —Globe-trotting translator, editor, poet.
26. Ben Mazer —Neo-Romantic. Has advanced past Hart Crane.
27. Amy King —–Hates mansplaining.
28. Sharon Olds —Best living female poet?
29. Louise Gluck —Her stock is quietly rising.
30. Jorie Graham —Her Collected has landed.
31. George Bilgere —If you like Billy Collins…and what's wrong with that?
32. Garrison Keillor —Is he retiring?
33. Kent Johnson —Is his Prize List so quickly forgotten?
34. David Biespiel —One of the villagers trying to chase Conceptualism out of town.
35. Carol Ann Duffy —The "real" Poet Laureate—she's Brih-ish.
36. Cate Marvin —Poet who leads the VIDA hordes.
37. Lyn Hejinian —The best Language Poet?
38. Dan Chiasson —New Yorker house critic.
39. Michael Robbins —As with Logan, we vastly prefer the criticism to the poetry.
40. Joe Green —His Selected, The Loneliest Ranger, has been recently published.
41. Harold Bloom —The canonizer.
42. Dana Gioia —The best of New Formalism.
43. Seth Abramson —Meta-Modernism. That dog won't hunt.
44. Henry Gould —Better at responding than asserting; reflecting the present state of Criticism today.
45. W.S. Merwin —Knew Robert Graves—who recommended mushroom eating (yea, that kind of mushroom) as Oxford Poetry Professor in the 60s.
46. Marilyn Chin —Passionate lyricist of "How I Got That Name."
47. Anne Carson —"The Glass Essay" is a confessional heartbreak.
48. Terrence Hayes —Already a BAP editor.
49. Timothy Steele —Another New Formalist excellent in theorizing—but too fastidious as a poet.
50. Natasha Trethewey —Was recently U.S. Poet Laureate for two terms.
51. Tony Hoagland —Hasn't been heard from too much since his tennis poem controversy.
52. Camille Paglia —Aesthetically, she's too close to Harold Bloom and the New Critics.
53. William Kulik —Kind of the Baudelaire plus Hemingway of American poetry. Interesting, huh?
54. Mary Oliver —Always makes this list, and we always mumble something about "Nature."
55. Robert Pinsky —He mentored VIDA's Erin Belieu.
56. Alan Cordle —We will never forget how Foetry.com changed the game.
57. Cole Swensen –A difficult poet's difficult poet.
58. Charles Bernstein —One day Language Poetry will be seen for what it is: just another clique joking around.
59. Charles Wright —Pulitzer in '98, Poet Laureate in '14.
60. Paul Muldoon —New Yorker Nights
61. Geoffrey Hill —The very, very difficult school.
62. Derek Walcott —Our time's Homer?
63. Janet Holmes —Program Era exemplar.
64. Matthew Dickman —The youth get old. Turning 40.
65. Kay Ryan —Are her titles—"A Ball Rolls On A Point"—better than her poems?
66. Laura Kasischke —The aesthetic equivalent of Robert Penn Warren?
67. Nikki Finney —NAACP Image Award
68. Louis Jenkins —His book of poems, Nice Fish, is a play at the American Repertory Theater this winter.
69. Kevin Young —A Stenger Fellow who studied with Brock-Broido and Heaney at Harvard
70. Timothy Donnelly —His Cloud Corporation made a big splash.
71. Heather McHugh —Her 2007 BAP guest editor volume is one of the best.
72. D.A. Powell —Stephen Burt claims he is original and accessible to an extraordinary degree.
73. Eileen Myles —We met her on the now-defunct Blog Harriet Public Form.
74. Richard Howard —Pulitzer-winning essayist, critic, translator and poet
75. Robert Hass —U.S. Poet Laureate in the 90s, a translator of haiku and Milosz.
76. Rae Armantrout —Emily Dickinson of the Avant Garde?
77. Peter Gizzi —His Selected, In Defense of Nothing, came out last year.
78. Fanny Howe —Is it wrong to think everything is sacred? An avant-garde Catholic.
79. Robert Archambeau —His blog is Samizdat. Rhymes with Scarriet.
80. X.J. Kennedy —Keeping the spirit of Frost alive.
81. Robert Polito —Poetry man.
82. David Ferry —Classical poetry translator.
83. Mark Doty —A Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
84. Al Filreis —Co-founder of PennSound
85. Frederick Seidel —Has been known to rhyme malevolence with benevolence.
86. Sherman Alexie —Is taught in high school. We wonder how many on this list are?
87. Marie Howe —Margaret Atwood selected her first book for a prize.
88. Carol Muske-Dukes —In recent Paris Review interview decried cutting and pasting of "Unoriginal Genius."
89. Martha Ronk —In the American Hybrid anthology from Norton.
90. Juliana Spahr —Has a PhD from SUNY Buffalo. Hates "capitalism."
91. Patricia Smith —Four-time winner of the National Poetry Slam.
92. Dean Young —His New & Selected, Bender, was published in 2012.
93. Jennifer Knox —Colloquial and brash.
94. Alicia Ostriker —"When I write a poem, I am crawling into the dark."
95. Yusef Komunyakaa —Known for his Vietnam poems.
96. Stephen Dunn —His latest work is Lines of Defense: Poems.
97. Thomas Sayer Ellis —Poet and photographer.
98. Carolyn Forche —Lannan Chair in Poetry at Georgetown University.
99. Margaret Atwood —Poet, novelist, and environmental activist.
100. Forrest Gander —The Trace is his latest.


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Leases for oil- and/or gas-mining purposes covering such unallotted lands shall be offered for sale to the highest responsible qualified bidder, at public auction or on sealed bids, after notice and advertisement, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Such advertisement shall reserve to the Secretary of the Interior the right to reject all bids whenever in his judgment the interest of the Indians will be served by so doing, and if no satisfactory bid is received, or the accepted bidder fails to complete the lease, or the Secretary of the Interior shall determine that it is unwise in the interest of the Indians to accept the highest bid, said Secretary may readvertise such lease for sale, or with the consent of the tribal council or other governing tribal authorities, a lease may be made by private negotiations: Provided, That the foregoing provisions shall in no manner restrict the right of tribes organized and incorporated under sections 16 and 17 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984) [25 U.S.C. 476, 477], to lease lands for mining purposes as therein provided and in accordance with the provisions of any constitution and charter adopted by any Indian tribe pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 [25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.].
(May 11, 1938, ch. 198, §2, 52 Stat. 347.)
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African-American Civil War heroes to be portrayed at presidential
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[December 03, 2012]
SPRINGFIELD -- Two
African-American heroes of the Civil War will be portrayed by
re-enactors at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library on Saturday.
Andrew Jackson Smith was a
fugitive slave who made his way to Clinton. He later traveled to
Boston, where he joined the 55th Massachusetts Infantry, an
all-black regiment that was formed in 1863. Smith served valiantly
in the 55th, carrying the unit's battle flags after the original
color-bearer was killed. Smith was posthumously awarded the Medal of
Honor by President Bill Clinton in 2001. The medal will be on
display for visitors to see.
Martin Delany was a recruiter for the United States Colored
Troops, the USCT, during the Civil War and was one of the very few
African-Americans to become an officer during the Civil War. Delany
was commissioned as a major in the 104th USCT and once met with
Abraham Lincoln to discuss the role of African-American soldiers.
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Smith is portrayed by his grandson, Andrew Bowman. Delany is
portrayed by Khabir Shareef of Storyteller's Drum, from
Indianapolis, Ind. The day before their public appearance at the
library, the two men will meet with students from several
Springfield schools.
This program is part of the Civil War sesquicentennial
commemorative events that are sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library and Museum and the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency.
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Address: 3585 Morgantown RoadNeighborhood: IvyAsking: $649,000Assessment: $607,000Year Built: 1990Size: 5,997 finished sq. ft., 600 unfinished sq. ft.Land: 2.01 acresCurb Appeal: 8 out of 10Listing Agent: Deborah Rutter, Nest Realty - 434-996-2142
This is a big house. Nearly 6,000 finished square feet with 6 bedrooms and 5 1/2 baths may not qualify as big by California standards, but for a house on Morgantown Road, which was part of the main east-west thoroughfare until the Depression, it's pretty darn big.
A brick walkway leads to the front entry, which opens onto a wide foyer with a staircase immediately to the right. Just beyond, the house widens and offers several avenues of exploration. To the left, there's an open dining area and a hallway leading toward the back of the home. To the right, a cozy den and a showstopper of a kitchen. Dead ahead, there's a spacious living room with a beamed ceiling and oversized glass doors opening onto a multi-tiered deck.
It's hard to know where to start, but the siren call of the kitchen with its cherry cabinets, tile backsplash, Bosch appliances and Sub-Zero fridge is too hard to resist. Custom-built hutches flank the room, hand-made glass accents the cabinets, and stained glass lights hanging over the granite-topped island lend an artsy tone. An eat-in dining area, a built-in desk and an attached mudroom finish out the space while a large French door leads to the tri-level deck.
The original master bedroom and attached bath lie on the opposite side of the home, providing a private suite for visiting guests. A spacious home office and a second master suite with a vaulted ceiling, dressing area, and attached bath significantly increased the living space when they were added.
Upstairs, twin hallways lead to two bedrooms and a full bath along each side of the house, and there is ample storage in closets as well as in two floored attic spaces.
Downstairs, there's an oversized, attached two-car garage, a workshop and a storage area, both with pegboard aplenty, and a flex space that would function ideally as a home office, just in case the one upstairs isn't enough. An exercise room, full bath, laundry hookups, and a huge family room would translate well into a comfortable in-law suite (or space for kids who move back home after college).
Most rooms on the main level access the expansive rear deck and terrace, and rightly so. Encompassing approximately 500 square feet, the multi-level structure includes a fire pit, a stone fountain, and loads of room for outdoor entertaining. The two-acre yard slopes down toward the railroad tracks in the back and offers plenty of space for fenced gardens, a playset, and a storage shed.
There's not much to dislike here. The finishes are top-notch: there's a great balance between indoor and outdoor living spaces, and there's nothing to complain about in terms of either living or storage areas.
So what's the downside?
Primarily, the location. The house is sandwiched between Morgantown Road and the train tracks. The railroad is shielded by a depression that helps muffle the noise, but there's still no escaping the presence of passing trains. And though the house is priced accordingly– it's the lowest listing price among comparably-sized homes currently available in the Murray Elementary district– it still occupies a tough price range, one that's not only rife with competition, but also well beyond the $229,000 median home price reported for our area.~Each week, a brave local seller invites the Hook in for a candid, warts-and-all review. Email to schedule yours today.
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thus the heading... "Real Estate. On the Block."
On Yahoo it was in local news.


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All Webbed-Out: Summary of eight hours of digital content
I have had the most ridiculously filled day of digital content. Of course it's all new, all interesting, and all slightly overwhelming. From discussing new business models, to Twitter blurring the line between social media and all media, along with insider tips on SEO strategies, I feel as if all my new knowledge makes me quite the digital princess.
During class my digitality (made-up word) began when Hearst Digital Media (yes, Hearst of the Media empire) was generous enough to share with the NYU SPI class three of their top officials to discuss "Websites Gone Wild" and "Get the Work Out, Get the Traffic":
- Chris Johnson, VP Content and Business Development, Hearst Digital Media
- Beth Ellard, Content Director, Hearst Digital Media
- Dan Roberts, Senior SEO Strategist & Analyst, Hearst Digital Media
The session with Johnson and Ellard focused on the different ways Hearts utilizes the web to drive traffic to their 12 magazine branded sites and 8 digital-only entities. These 20 Hearst owned sites reach 10% of the total internet audience monthly. This massive digital reach translates to about 1/3 of all their magazine subscriptions coming from the web. 80% of the traffic on their magazine sites looks at pure digital content; not the re-postings of print editoral.
Roberts is a self proclaimed "Data Geek" who has knows how to match Hearst's content with what people search for, aka Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Hate to say it to you naive websurfers out there, but the first hits that come up on Google don't appear by chance, but a well-orchestrated plan. Roberts is a fan of NOW Media: More than the "new media" we're used to hearing about, as that's already dated, this is the current digital landscape that's constantly changing.
Advantages of NOW Media:
- Distribution has never been easier
- We (my generation) are experts
- We know what works
NOW Media reality/challenges:
- Rules are constantly changing, techonology always evolving
- There is micro-attention (aka Twitter) and mega-noise (digital clutter)
- You can't always control the message – your brand can be discussed in user generated content that is beyond your regulation
The digital-ness of my Wednesday was made complete (after getting lost on the Subway for an hour- DO NOT use Google maps for the NYC transportation system, it lies!) by attending Mashable NextUp NYC: Social Media Marketing 101 (thanks to @TheUndomestic!). The two keynote speakers were obviously incredibly smart and web-savvy: Steve Rubel (SVP, Director of Insights for Edelman Digital) and Mashable's Founder and President, Pete Cashmore.
Rubel spoke first on the five digital trends to watch (bear with me, my notes are quite scribbly after one very strong vodka soda):
- Satisfaction Guaranteed = Customer Service + PR: brands must audit online experiences
- Media Reforestation: Paper is going digital.
- Less is the new more: People are no longer gorging on media and often choosing selective ignorance. More impotant than ever to shape search shelf.
- Corporate All-Stars: People within your company standing by your brand in the digital space. Ex: @ScottMonty, as Ford on Twitter
- Power of the Pull: Write for searches, not for readers.
Then Pete Cashmore got on stage with his nice accent and talked to a panel of other professionals about their web opinions. Wow they've done a lot for charity – check out and contribute to Charity Water; they're doing incredible things.
Whew now time for bed, hopefully I'll get to write up the other amazing speakers from Rodale, Seventeen magazine, Time Out, and People Style Watch tomorrow.